Analysis Of The Bean Eaters By Gwendolyn Brooks

The American is a new man who is neither a European, nor his direct descendant. He is a strange mix of blood which cannot be found in any other country. The American is described as a person whose grandfather was an Englishman, his mother was Dutch and who has married a Frenchwoman. The American is a person who has left behind all his ancient manners and prejudices, and has received new ones from the mode of life he has embraced, the rank he holds and the government he obeys. A person becomes an American after being received in the broad lap of the great Alma Mater, and he becomes melted down into the new race of men whose posterity and efforts could transform the world in the days to come.

Within the novel Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, the reader is introduced to a young women named Marietta, Missy, and she later on renames herself Taylor. Taylor story is much like a coming of age story, and she many new lessons along the roads of life. She learns how to deal with unforeseen troubles, phobias, and the many forms of love, and because these inner actions she learned to see a new outlook on life.>>>>

In the first chapter of The Bean Trees, the main character Taylor Greer (a.k.a Missy or Marietta) is introduced and begins her adventure. Taylor is a gallant, cordial, and courageous young woman that was raised in an agrarian sector of Kentucky. She decided to leave her hometown in a spontaneous manner, however, this didn’t go as well as she would’ve liked. During her move, she stopped in Oklahoma and ended up with a baby that was given to her by a stranger. The only thing she has in common with this baby is having Cherokee blood in their veins.

In the novel “The Bean Trees”, the Cherokee Indian child Turtle was adopted by Taylor, and Taylor kept Turtle with her for a period time. If Taylor had not adopted Turtle, Turtle would be alone. Turtle was abandoned in the park, and Turtle spoke little in the whole story, because she was abused. Turtle’s case highlights the effects of child abuse, Turtle had been physically and sexually abused. Child abuse happened anywhere and anytime. For example, neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse are some types of abuse. Especially in China, child abuse is serious, and the internet and newspapers reported about it now and then. The phenomenon of child abuse in China happens in society, family and school.

The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver, tells the story of how life is all about the journey, and not always the destination. The book revolves around one main character, Taylor Greer. Her life has not always been easy, and one day she decides to start over and leave. The reader follows her journey, and eventually meets other characters like Lou Ann Ruiz and Esperanza. These three women all want a clean slate to start a new life. When their journeys come together, a community of women forms that is full of support and love. Kingsolver tells the story of three women, and how their lives drastically change. Each journey is represented by their own symbol; something that explains these journeys with just one object. In The Bean Trees, three main

In The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Taylor Greer and Lou Ann Ruiz are two characters who “mother” their children in different ways throughout the novel. Both mothers work together to raise their children. Lou Ann is an overprotective and cautious birth-mother, while Taylor is a spunky, determined, and unexpected mother. In contrast to Taylor, Lou Ann’s nervous and pessimistic attitude influences how she mothers Dwayne Ray. ( Trans- is it good?)

In the novel, The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, Turtle is a very young child who suffers from dementia. Although Turtle’s distress is not explicitly stated in this novel, it is evident Turtle continues to suffer from her scarring past. Turtle displays a number of characteristics such as: reticent, introvert, and concealed. Because of Turtle’s abusive past, she becomes a mute. “She or he said nothing.”(20) After months of being mistreated, Turtle grows up afraid of human contact and connection. “She sat quietly in the bathtub watching me.”(23) Turtle’s lack of ability to have an intimate human-to-self connection, caused by her past, retrains her potential to thrive. Since an absence of a positive male or female figure occurs in Turtle’s

There are many aspects to what it means to be an American. Freedom and equality are two things that defines you as an American. Also, depending on the area you live can have an impact on if you are considered an American. There are many things that surprised me throughout the essays in the book. What surprised me the most was the fact that we all had immigrants in our family that came to the United States from another country, so they were at one time immigrants. Also, I never really thought how America is a lot of different people coming together with all different religions.

In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel “The Bean Trees”, she effectively uses colourful language to yield an image of rural Kentucky to her readers. Her descriptive imagery trigger thoughts, feelings, and mood. Kingsolver’s dialect, tone and Southern style also advance the plot which we see as she opens the story and as it progresses into each chapter.

American is to be yourself and nobody else. The author if this essay also learned that having fear is not the answer so they became fearless and became more of a hero and helped other people that he wanted to. You don't have to do what you do for other people just for yourself. This person also earned his or her label of an American. He or she noticed what they had to do to be an American of their

In the poem, “Snapping beans,” by Lisa Parker, the author shows how a simple activity can cause an immense amount of insecurity. The poem tells the story of a young student who is helping her grandmother to snap beans; however, there is a moment in which the speaker felt driven by her emotions that she could not answer her grandmother about how she was doing in school. The author used this simple activity to demonstrate how someone can hold so much without anyone noticing.

No matter how far away from family you are, you will always be connected to your roots. In “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker, Parker uses an important symbol that resonates throughout the poem. The hickory leaf, which symbolizes the granddaughter, is the most important symbol in the poem. The granddaughter is the first child to go off to college and learn from the books rather than learn from culture like her grandmother. During her conversation with her grandmother concerning school, there is a wave of emotions flowing through the granddaughter’s mind.

We can decide how “American” a piece of writing is by seeing if it is written about America or makes reference to America. Also, was it written by an American? America contains people of so many different backgrounds, cultures, etc. America’s values and morals have changed over the years. If you read American literature, you can see how much it has changed. You can also learn about the history of America. The language has changed from formal and now is more modern. The form has changed over the years. Some of the writings like the poems were very deep that it can be difficult for somebody in this age to decipher the poem. They are very deep and had meaning, but the meaning may not be even close to what we think without doing some research

Our response to the changeable nature of life as shown in Barbara Kingsolver's novel “The Bean Tree” explains Taylor overcoming many challenges. These challenges help taylor grown and give her life lessons about motherhood, letting go of control and the importance of family.

The American identity has evolved throughout centuries of oppression and obligation. Race and cultural differences rip through the seams of the meaning of American identity, while it has inevitably been forged from its true origins. An evolution of jazz, art and influencers portray the true meaning of what it is to be an American. Idealisms and morals have drastically changed over the past few centuries, and they continue to evolve every single day. Every person has an individual and unique meaning of what it is to be an American, even though many of us do not share the same traits and beliefs.